Whats the deal with Coughlin & Denney? no one here seems to like them so much but everyone keeps putting them in 1 place?

I can only speak for myself, but it's a lack of alternatives!
Scimeca/Knierim, if they skated clean, would be by far my faves since they're elegant and have decent skating skills. But idk, I get this gut feeling with them that if the stakes are high, they're more likely to make mistakes. They're less reliable in sbs jumps anyway.
Castelli/Shnapir might have improved a lot, but as rude as I feel saying this, they won't ever make a convincing overall package imo (baby-long-throwing). The height difference is too huge, and adds to his lack of skating skills to make him appear even more clumsy.
Brubaker and what's-his-new-partner's-name-this-year? need more time together... before he moves on to the next.
Coughlin/Denney might bore me, but they're consistent and I've often seen them "bring it when it mattered".
Still, it's really sad to see the current lack of international competitiveness in US Pairs.

Whats the deal with Coughlin & Denney? no one here seems to like them so much but everyone keeps putting them in 1 place?

I think D/C are the best US team right now and have some nice qualities. But I prefer to watch Scimeca and Knierim over them because of their on and off ice personality, plus they really caught my attention last year. So it's not that I dislike D/C, they just happen to be my second-favorite team.

Everyone else is under 100 points and probably completed 2 events at max, so I'll stop the standings here... congratulations to our leaders and the medalists of the ladies event - sequinsgalore, FSGMT and Mrs.P!

If any of the scores are not correct, please tell me and I'll change it along with the overall standings

P.S.: @Bea: sorry I never replied to you in the Italien nationals prediction thread. You're right, I had your points wrong and changed it. Thanks for pointing it out!